The General Directorate of Rubber announced a joint study on family-owned rubber plantations in three provinces to better understand how growers have responded to The sharp drop in rubber prices over The past nine years. The average cost of rubber has fallen from around $4,600 ...

The Royal Government has decided to construct a new bridge across The Mekong River to connect Kandal province to Prey Veng and Svay Rieng provinces. ...

The Ministry of National Defence has issued a new Defence White Paper – The third such plan to have been introduced since 2000 – that details Cambodia’s policy and strategy to modernise The Kingdom’s armed forces, as it continues to dismiss rumours of Chinese military ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday sought to explain a recent hefty increase in taxes imposed on heavy transportation vehicles, saying it was prompted by a need to support infrastructure maintenance expenditures and cover The elimination of taxes on vehicles smaller than 150cc. ...

The international market for surrogacy is proving to be very resilient in The face of legal and social disruption. Now that India, Nepal and Thailand have banned international clients from using local surrogates, clinics and brokers are shifting Their business to Cambodia. ...

Aiming to boost tourism numbers in its own country, Thailand has approved a multiple-entry visa that will allow tourists to leave and re-enter the country several times during a six month period, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. ...

Cambodia’s incarceration rate has doubled in the past 10 years, according to statistics obtained from the General Department of Prisons. Department spokesman Nouth Savna said that in 2006 there were just 9,634 people behind bars; as of earlier this week, that figure had increased 125 ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Wednesday said there are still thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand who have not received the full legitimate rights that could protect them from abuses. This, he said was despite the two countries having laid out procedures and ...

The SME Bank of Cambodia has said 1,834 small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) benefitted from loans under The phase II financing scheme as of May 31 this year, which involved $221 million – about 92 percent of The total funding budget of $240 million. ...

The Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday issued a new sub-decree ordering all orphanages to get a permit, submit to inspections and limit The conditions under which children can be admitted.According to many experts, including Social Affairs Minister Vong Soth, orphanage care does more harm than ...

The Ministry of Education is drafting two sub-decrees on private educational institutions aimed at improving regulation of The nation’s vast body of private schools. The sub-decree on Organization and Management of Private Schools and sub-decree on Categorization of Private Schools have been sent to a range ...

Countless rape victims, many of them children, have been failed by widespread flaws in Cambodia’s justice system, which have led to a “disturbingly low” number of convictions, a new study by the rights group Licadho has found.In its report, Getting Away With It: the Treatment ...

Cambodia exported 123,151 tons of dry rubber in the first half of 2020, up 18 percent compared to the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Monday. ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries today signed a memorandum of understanding with Lexmin Pty Ltd Cambodia in anticipation of a string of changes anticipated to impact The agriculture industry. ...

A rice mill has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Mongolian business council that aims to see Cambodia export rice to the landlocked country in the near future. ...

The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) registered at The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation rose to 43,974 in 2022, a slight increase of 1.6 percent compared to a year ago. ...

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with The Ministry of Environment and nine higher education institutions (HEIs). ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance on November 20 issued Prakas No 962 SHV BrK on Tax Debt Management. The new prakas sets forth rules and procedures relating to tax debt management and aims to ensure a more efficient, effective and transparent collection process. ...

The Ministry of Commerce urged producers and exporters to continue applying for certificates of origin (CO) despite transport and logistics issues stemming from The ongoing lockdown in Phnom Penh and Takhmao town. ...

Cambodia exported 65,921 tons of dry rubber in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 6.8 percent from 61,739 tons in the same period last year, said a General Directorate of Rubber report on Thursday. ...